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Science - Geography | | Italian term or phrase: rilievi | " un addensamento di rilievi sulla costa occidentale da' luogo a una cordillera rocciosa che si oppone a mare e venti".
I don't want to call them "mountains" because they are not really tall enough; I can't call them "ridges" because it seems diminutive (they are a few hundred meters tall). I have (rarely) seen the word "relief" used geographically, but it does not seem widely accepted, especially in the plural form. I thought of "elevated areas", but it seems awkward. What do you think? |
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Alessandra Renna
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53 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +3 high ground
Explanation:
This chain of high ground is known as the Grampian Mountains. The Grampian Mountains, with the adjacent tracts of high ground which stretch far out on either hand from the principal line of elevation, cover the larger part of the region called the Highlands, that includes nearly all the north and west of Scotland.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Geography-of-Britain
Mountain range may be an option
http://www.answers.com/topic/mountain-range
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mountainrange.html
I'd use high ground for rilievi and mountain range or cordillera for cordigliera rocciosa
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